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UPS would deliver small packages for wholesalers “by automobile or airplane, to any city or town in the United States, within two days, at rates lower than by any other means of transportation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
For some clients, the resulting savings are small, a function of the size of their IRAs and the difference between their current tax rate and their future tax rate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
AFP journalists at the scene saw the building had been reduced to a pile of rubble as a small number of search and rescue teams arrived on the scene.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Researchers noted that even relatively small differences in the rate of decline might become more significant when they accumulate over several years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Always some speck of sand, no matter how small, finds its way into my head.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
But the most up-to-date data shows that the hazard ratio didn’t degrade much over time, which commonly happens after experimental therapies move from smaller Phase 2 trials into larger Phase 3 studies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
United Parcel Service became a global behemoth by putting smaller companies in a box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
But investors sold off stock on Thursday after financial analysts said the results were not quite as strong as those seen in an earlier, much smaller trial.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The mice developed dramatically smaller abscesses, produced fewer inflammatory signaling molecules, and regained the ability to clear bacteria.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
His parents tried unsuccessfully to interest Jonathan in one of the other, smaller dogs, before they gave in and brought Moose home.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Canadians continue to see some relief on grocery bills, with the price of food bought at stores increasing 1.7%, the smallest rise since May 2024, following a rise of 2.8% in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Primary dealers were left with just 2.5%, their smallest share since the financial crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The smallest extent ever observed occurred in September 2012.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Invictibellatrix, meaning "unconquered female warrior", is one of the smallest and earliest of the group to be found, living in the Early Cretaceous period about 120 million years ago.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Inside nestled the smallest hat I had ever seen.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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